# Cria! (1976)

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**Original title**: *Cría cuervos*
**Runtime**: 105 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Carlos Saura
**Written by**: Carlos Saura
**Starring**: Ana Torrent, Conchita Pérez, Mayte Sánchez, Geraldine Chaplin, Mónica Randall, Florinda Chico

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Childhood grief meets silent family secrets in post-Franco Madrid.  
Eight-year-old Ana navigates a house thick with unspoken loss, her sisters behaving like ghosts and her grandmother keeping time like a ticking clock.  
The camera lingers on stillness—every glance, every plate set, a quiet rebellion against forgetting.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, outsider, slow-burn

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